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To: BillyG who wrote (31371)	3/24/1998 3:20:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Another startup in the CMOS image sensor business. Another indication of the growth prospects for digital still and video photography........ techweb.cmp.com <<But G-Link is ready to go beyond its memory-cell business, plotting a move into image sensors by dint of its experience in embedded-memory designs and DSP elements - the latter being part of the company's recent CD-ROM controller. Although new to imaging, G-Link hopes its access to IMS's proven high-dynamic-range imaging technology - an analog design utilizing a standard digital CMOS process - will put it on a par with, or ahead of, its competitors. Still, it's a crowded business. In the last 18 months, this market has become one of the hottest emerging fields for startups and established chip companies alike. Among the many vendors with CMOS image sensors on the market or in development are Vision Group, a U.K.-based CMOS-imaging pioneer; and Eastman Kodak Co. and Motorola Semiconductor, which are jointly developing CMOS active-pixel imaging chips. In addition, Toshiba Corp. offers a digital still camera based on its own CMOS imaging sensor.>> <<The constant rate of 8 to 16 megapixels per second makes it possible to capture continuing streams of images in high-speed applications, ideal for automotive imaging. "We can go as fast as 120 frames per second," claimed Blankenzee.>> <<The HDRC image sensor is designed to eliminate exposure errors and white/dark saturation, and to enable a constant high-speed pixel rate without varying shutter times or requiring massive buffer memory . As a result, "there will be no need for automatic gain control, gamma correction or aperture control," said Blankenzee.>> I guess this means less expensive digital video cameras.....